Example sentences of "[det] two [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And he had this two bags of sugar you know one that was and he was gon na light his pipe and he threw us and he could n't get off and it strangled him .
2 Another two tonnes of soot could have been avoided if diesel engines had not been classed as low-polluting vehicles and been exempt from the traffic ban .
3 She brought with her another two cups of coffee and a packet of sandwiches .
4 They 'd had plenty of bait four nights ago , then another two helpings of bait on another two nights and , although they were moving around the swim as was evidenced by line bites and rolling , they were just not inclined to feed — whatever the conditions .
5 Soviet commanders already have Foxhound in service , and another two types of fighter with similar abilities will soon follow .
6 Then I wanted to join the army and that was another two months of warfare , and then when I wanted to go in the police force my parents said , ‘ You 're trying to tell us something about your attitude to school , are n't you ? ’
7 The prospect of another two years of study seemed a long time .
8 The prospect of another two years of study seemed a long time .
9 Grayling reckons that he has about another two years of research to do before he can come up with a conclusive report .
10 Nine hours later , the file was filled , and Yggdrasil squeezed in another two seconds of calculation .
11 ‘ Give me another two seconds of silence and I 'll tell you !
12 in 1989 , gives a total interaction time of a large fraction of a second , allowing the possibility of a linewidth some two orders of magnitude smaller than in the conventional arrangement .
13 On the more favoured soil of America , where no medieval ruins bar the way , where history begins with the elements of modern bourgeois society as evolved in the seventeenth century , the working class passed through these two stages of development within ten months . ’
14 These two areas of dispute sustained and fortified each other throughout the eighteen months of Baldwin 's unease .
15 These two areas of convergence also direct us to the main area of divergence and the reason why , though in actuality inextricably related , the psychic and the cultural return of homosexuality still need to be distinguished .
16 Third , the study will try to trace connections between these two areas of enquiry , to examine influences of personal economic experience on socio-political orientations .
17 We are aiming to provide these two sets of things for the child in care , not as ends in themselves , but in order that children may develop a sense of their own self-worth , and research tells us that we have to get the balance right between these two important sets of needs for this end to be achieved .
18 These two sets of rules , though distinct , must not be looked upon as two co-ordinate and independent systems .
19 I mean in retrospect , looking back on it , it seems crazy — since they were clearly both right , what were they arguing about ? erm but it took a lot of time to see that these two sets of views could , in fact , be made compatible as we now think they can be .
20 These two sets of attitudes may be combined in various ways .
21 ‘ We 'll be looking at a particular area to see how we can try and reconcile these two sets of figures , ’ the spokeswoman added .
22 By the logic of research and higher education , I mean the general conceptual relationships that exist between these two sets of activity , and I should like to explore those relationships in the following six theses .
23 Of these two sets of firms , 12 have never been in the top 10 , and can be classified either as niche operations or unsuccessful major players .
24 These two sets of data effectively determine the density fluctuation spectrum in the present Universe on scales from 10 to 1,000Mpc .
25 If it was seen like that you ca n't actually solve a erm a linear problem which occurs between these two sets of units .
26 There might even be some positive correlations between these two sets of variables .
27 Appealing to the " test of truth " , to objects in their natural state unmediated by consciousness , is an interference between these two sets of relationships and therefore a disruption of the opposition advanced by the text between metaphor and metonymy .
28 There is a fundamental distinction between these two routes of transmission of the DNA information , vertical and horizontal transmission .
29 Thus only these two functions of r ( denoted respectively by f(r) and g(r) ) are needed for complete specification of the double velocity correlations .
30 members are recommended that they approve these two course of actions , thank you very much .
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